Iraq: Kurdish Peshmerga fighters help members of Yazidi community to safety

The third straight day of strikes by US jets and drones brought the first sign that US President Barack Obama's decision to return to Iraq could turn the tide on two months of jihadist expansion. "The peshmerga have liberated Makhmur and Gwer," peshmerga spokesman Halgord Hekmat told AFP, adding that "US aerial support helped". Above, displaced Yazidi people ride in a truck as they make their way towards the Syrian border.Picture: REUTERS/Rodi Said